| One of the exhibits, "Calendar poster of The Nanyang Brothers Tobacco Company".
Registered in Hong Kong, The Nanyang Brothers Tobacco Company was founded by brothers Kan Chiu-nam and Kan Yuk-kai in 1905. After the 1911 revolution, the National Products Movement was in full swing. The company set up a factory in Shanghai in 1916, and in the four years that followed, recorded profits of more than one million yuan annually. Painter Pan Dawei was appointed chief of advertising in 1913 and he participated in the design of calendar posters and cigarette cards to boost sales.
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